So it looks as if the dodo was better able to survive and defend itself than was originally believed. Yet less than 200 years after Europeans first arrived on the island, they had become extinct. So what was the reason for this? For a long time, it was believed that the dodos were hu...
(2003) When did the dodo become extinct? Nature, 426, 245- 245.Roberts DL, Solow AR. 2003. When did the dodo become extinct. Nature 426:245.Roberts DL, Solow AR (2003) When did the dodo become extinct? Nature 426:245Roberts D.L. & Solow A.R. (2003) When did the Dodo become ...
dodo do·do (dō′dō) n.pl.do·doesordo·dos 1.A large flightless bird(Raphus cucullatus)with a hooked beak that inhabited the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until it became extinct in the late 1600s. 2.InformalOne who is out-of-date, as in dress or ideas. ...
The plight of this flightless bird is well-known; it became extinct. Nevertheless, there was a time when the dodo was considered to be a figment of somebody’s imagination. Numerous expeditions and searches were conducted to dig out the skeleton of this nearly mythical bird. However, all thes...
The Dodo bird went extinct due many factors. Since there was no natural predator of the Dodo on the island of Mauritius, the bird was an easy prey for humans that arrived on the island. Further, humans introducedinvasive speciesthat outcompeted the dodo for food. Human settlements also lead...
The extinction of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus L.; Fig. 1) is commonly dated to the last confirmed sighting in 1662, reported by Volkert Evertsz on an islet off Mauritius1,2. By this time, the dodo had become extremely rare — the previous sighting having
Bring extinct species back to life or not? 4Within a few years, scientists may be able to bring back the dodo bird from extinction(灭绝), apossibility that raises a lot of ethical(伦理上的) questions, says Stanford law Professor Hank Greely.Twenty years after the screening of the film ...
Extinct Animals: The Dodo In the world of animals, extinction is a sad reality that we must face. One of the most tragic examples of this is the dodo, a bird that once thrived on the islands of the Indian Ocean but is now extinct. The dodo was a large bird with a heavy bill and...
1阅读理解 PLAINE MAGNIEN, Mauritius—How did the dodo (渡渡鸟) die out? Scientists in Mauritius (毛里求斯) carried out a project on Wednesday to discover why the giant bird became extinct. Most theories blame settlers who found the flightless bird on the Indian Ocean Island in the 16th century...
The dodo became a relatively(相对地) rare bird in Mauritius at the beginning of the 17 th century, and became extinct in the end. The last reported sighting of a dodo was in 1681. 【小题1】 Why did the dodo lose its ability to fly? A. Because it liked walking on the ground. B...